zhí​zhū

plant

zhí plant

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
tree
Sound component
zhí straight

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdriHN-t<r>ək-s grow, flourish
driHm-t<r>ək-s to plant, set upright
dzyikm-tək to plant; plants

說文解字

《說文》:“植,戶植也。从木,直聲。,或从置。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

zhū tree trunk

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Originally written as .

Components

Meaning component
tree
Sound component
zhū, shū red pigment

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttrjutro tree root, stem

說文解字

《說文》:“株,木根也。从木,朱聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica